History WellIntentionedExtremist / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'': Given the subject matter of the series, it comes as no surprise that there are quite a few villains ([[BlackAndGreyMorality and even heroes]]) with noble intentions, yet questionable methods.

*** This is AnAesop of the game; [[TheDarkSide power corrupts]], but not absolutely, [[EarnYourHappyEnding and it's the choices of the powerful that make that power good or evil]].

** Darth Traya at the end of the sequel [[spoiler:blames TheForce exerting its will on individuals for every conflict in galactic history and tried to use [[PlayerCharacter The Exile]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens to kill it]], seeing them as proof that life can exist without it. It's unclear how accurate this is, but she was willing to potentially kill untold billions along with her apprentice for the sake of peace]].

** ''Three Houses'' also has [[spoiler:Rhea, the head (and the founder) of the Church of Seiros]]. She dispenses severe punishments on those opposing her, and in the end [[spoiler:she had been manipulating history for about a thousand years, supporting the very Crest system Edelgard is fighting against, lying about the real nature of Crests and Heroes' Relics, endorsing the technological stagnation, isolation, and mistrust towards foreigners across Fódlan... except those efforts were attempts to ensure peace and harmony (at least as she understood it) and keep herself and her fellow [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nabateans]] safe, as they suffered great losses in wars against overly ambitious humans in the past. In routes where Byleth takes her side, Rhea eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone comes to realize her mistakes]] and abdicates or introduces major reforms to the Church. However, if Byleth chose Edelgard over her, they'll become an ArchEnemy to her, and Rhea will fight them to death, theirs or her own]].

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series has a number of these:

* In ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'', [[spoiler:Lance Bean is revealed to be this after he is defeated in order to expose the true [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the game, the [[GovernmentConspiracy Triumvirate]]. It turns out that they stole an important object the aliens have been looking for, known as the Relic of Morai, and that Bill Rizer and Lucia must destroy it]].

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'', the Ouroboros organization wants humanity to BrainUpload into the Electrosphere, under the belief that it is the next step in human evolution. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, as their leader is only using this as an excuse to declare war on the MegaCorps in vengeance for the death of the woman he loved.]]

** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Princess Rosa Cossette d’Elise has Erusea declare war on Osea over the construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse]], under the belief that she’s protecting her people from encroaching Osean imperialism. [[spoiler:She’s actually an UnwittingPawn for the Erusean Radicals, who were using the war as a means to deploy their drone army, that they developed using technology that they borrowed from Belka, which itself (or at least their own radical faction) is still obsessed with revenge over losing the Belkan War and failing to induce the destruction of Yuktobania and Osea during the Circum-Pacific War as depicted in ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar''.]]

* Eddy Gordo commits all manner of atrocities as ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Force Commander'' in the name of saving Christie Monteiro's grandfather. [[spoiler:It seems to have been for nothing.]]

** Merrill, as well. She has turned to blood magic and [[spoiler:made a deal with a Pride Demon]] in order to repair a broken elven artifact and reclaim some of her people's history. On a more personal level, the ariefact is the same magic mirror from the first game's Dalish origin, which tainted two of her childhood friends and killed at least one of them. There's a whole lot of SurvivorGuilt at work there.

* [[spoiler:Nathan Dawkins]] becomes this in the end of ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' with his true intentions revealed. [[spoiler:The reason he needed Jodie and Aiden is to help him with his plan of using the Condenser, a device used to help spirits from the dead go the land of the living, including his wife and daughter]]. However, [[spoiler:the price for this is that it caused evil poltergeists to appear and wreck havoc]].

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and forms a planetwide dictatorship, becoming selfish despots much worse than the villains they killed over the years. This is shown explicitly when the Tyrant of Steel [[spoiler:kills Shazam and Lex Luthor for calling him out]] [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "criticizing" his dictatorial rule. Regime Superman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]], and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]], even if she won't like it.

-->'''Vergil''': Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself.

** Arvis from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Sure, he [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard manipulated everyone and had them kill each other, and later kills]] [[TheHero Sigurd]] [[MagnificentBastard and steals his wife to boot and showed him to her before executing him (granted, he probably didn't know that Deirdre was Sigurd's wife, but didn't care and still loved her anyways)]],]] but he has one noble goal: to make a world where there is no suffering. He even succeeds and creats a peaceful, wonderful reign for 17 years... that is, until it's revealed that he's just a pawn of Manfroy, who eventually uses his son to bring down his peaceful reign.
** Travant, king of Thracia. All he wants is to see his homeland of Thracia prosper instead of being forced into poverty and mercenary work due to their poor territory. He's willing to do use any method, no matter how brutal, manipulative, or treacherous to make that happen, from [[spoiler:killing Quan and Ethlyn and then raising their daughter as his own]] to forcing a doubting general onto the field with a HostageSituation. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' emphasizes that he's doing this all for Thracia, not personal ambition, and he's fine with landing in Hell so long as it helps his people.

** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Shadows of Valentia]]'', Duma got expanded into one of these. Originally, he was a stern yet fair dragon who sought to train and improve his subjects in Rigel [[MiseryBuildsCharacter through hardships]]. Due to [[SanitySlippage degeneration]] over the centuries of his life, Duma was corrupted but still tries to retain something of his original self. Once defeated, he acknowledges his faults in his dying speech and motivates Alm and Celica to do a better job at ruling the land.
** In the ''Conquest'' route of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Nohrian royal family follow their father Garon in conquering Hoshido only because they want the war to end as quickly as possible. [[spoiler:Especially Corrin and Azura, who have to make Garon [[ItMakesSenseInContext sits on the Hoshidian throne to make him reveal his real inhuman appearance]] to their siblings in order to dethrone him]].

** ''Three Houses'' also has [[spoiler:Rhea, the head (and the founder) of the Church of Seiros]]. She dispenses severe punishments on those opposing her, and in the end [[spoiler:she had been manipulating history for about a thousand years, supporting the very Crest system Edelgard is fighting against, lying about the real nature of Crests and Heroes' Relics, endorsing the technological stagnation, isolation and mistrust towards foreigners across Fódlan... except those efforts were attempts to ensure peace and harmony (at least as she understood it) and keep herself and her fellow [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nabateans]] safe, as they suffered great losses in wars against overly ambitious humans in the past. In routes where Byleth takes her side, Rhea eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone comes to realize her mistakes]] and abdicates or introduces major reforms to the Church. However, if Byleth chose Edelgard over her, they'll become an ArchEnemy to her, and Rhea will fight them to death, theirs or her own.]]

* Admiral Aken Bosch of ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2''. He's the leader of a xenophobic rebellion of Terrans against their allies, the Vasudans, but [[spoiler:his intent is to form a greater alliance between the Terrans and the ''Shivans'', the xenocidal StarfishAliens of the setting, using a pioneering new technology to communicate with them.]]

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': In a game with [[BigBadEnsemble two clearly evil factions]] in [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Fatui]] and [[AntiHumanAlliance the Abyss Order]] already established, the [[Characters/GenshinImpactRaidenShogun Raiden Shogun]], Inazuma's Archon, stands out as [[ArcVillain an independent villainess]]. As the [[GodOfThunder Electro Archon]], she rules over Inazuma with an iron fist, decreting the Vision Hunt Decree that strips everyone of their Vision if they have one, and the Sakoku Decree to create a storm outside Inazuma's borders so that no outsiders can enter and no one in the region can't get out. However, this is in order to preserve Inazuma safe and prevent the region from the effects of "[[ArcWords erosion]]". [[spoiler:Turns out, however, most of what is happening is due to a terrible misunderstanding, courtesy of Inazuma's Tri-Commission's corruption: the Tenryou and Kanryou Commisions, in collusion with the Fatui, lied to the LockedOutOfTheLoop Shogun into approving such decrees, making her think this would be the best outcome for Inazuma.]] [[spoiler:To make it even more confusing, the Shogun is in fact an emotionless BodyDouble for the ''real'' Raiden Shogun and Electro Archon: Ei. Having lost her dearest friends in the Tengu Sasayuri[[note]]Died during a civil war as an ally of Ei[[/note]], the oni Mikoshi Chiyo[[note]]became corrupted by darkness and was implied to be slain by Ei in self-defense after turning on Ei[[/note]], the Kitsune Saiguu, and worst of all, her twin sister and the previous Electro Archon, Makoto[[note]]Both died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago[[/note]], Ei swore to NeverBeHurtAgain, creating her body double in the RidiculouslyHumanRobot Shogun and programming her to do whatever it takes to protect Inazuma while Ei stays in the Plane of Euthimia, away from the world and meditating to slow down the effects of erosion and thus, her eventual death. This explains why the Shogun gullibly believes the Tri-Commission while Ei complacently believes the Shogun's word that nothing wrong would come of it.]] Eventually, [[spoiler:after the traveler fights and ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeats]]'' Ei (with a little help of Ei's best friend, Yae Miko)]], she comes to reason and admits these measures were too extreme, allowing everyone's Visions to return and the storm around Inazuma to clear up, and the Raiden Shogun becomes an ally.

** Even [[spoiler:the entire hero party]] could qualify for this in The Lost Age. They're more than aware, and ready to admit, that saving the world may have the unintended side-effect of [[spoiler:destroying it]]. The only reason they're not labeled as villains is because [[spoiler:they managed to complete their extreme plan [[TheExtremistWasRight and it worked]] with zero [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn (immediate)]] consequences]].

** The Monitor of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[OmnicidalManiac kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into super soldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace... by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]]
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'': Mustache Girl is ultimately not really a villain in the traditional sense and her goal is very sympathetic, however she's a hero living in a world of villains, and her frustration and inability to defeat the Mafia around her has led to a lack of options. Her solution when Hat Kid shows up? Steal Hat Kid's time pieces, use them to rewrite the past and create an alternate time line where she is an overlord, force every citizen to come before her and ask for judgment, and spare the "good guys" while killing "the bad guys". Given the villains we face throughout the story, her goal is entirely well meant, but her method of executing it is to become more evil than the villains themselves by openly killing them, and to steal Hat Kid's time pieces and force her to stay trapped on the planet forever. Throughout the final boss fight, it becomes apparent that she is the only person who cares about this goal, even the peace-loving mountain folk actively work against her to help Hat Kid defeat her in the final battle.

* Caleb Goldman in ''The VideoGame/{{House of the Dead}} 2'' and ''4''. Blaming [[GaiasVengeance an uptick in natural disasters, disease outbreaks, famines, droughts, and other unsavory facts of life in human overpopulation,]] he unleashed zombie hordes and attempted to bomb humanity back to the stone age [[OverpopulationCrisis to reduce human population to manageable levels]].
* The Wheel of Fate, the final boss in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'', takes this objective even further than Goldman intended. His ultimate goal is to destroy everything and resurrect everything, [[spoiler: and he laments the planet's overpopulation upon his defeat]].

** From ''VideoGame/{{inFamous2}}'', we have [[spoiler:John, aka The Beast. The world is suffering from The Plague, so John uses his new powers to activate potential conduits, saving their lives, as conduits are immune to The Plague. Unfortunately, activating a conduit consumes the lives of nearby people who are not potential conduits, with John even admitting to Cole that he wishes there was another way. In the evil ending, Cole, doubting that the RFI would cure The Plague, takes on John's role. But it's averted in this case, because Cole does it for completely selfish reasons and doesn't care about humanity. He only does it because the RFI would kill him otherwise. But hey, there's a reason it's called the evil ending, right?]]

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and forms a planetwide dictatorship, becoming selfish despots much worse than the villains they killed over the years. This is shown explicitly when the Tyrant of Steel [[spoiler:kills Shazam and Lex Luthor for calling him out]] [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "criticizing" his dictatorial rule. Regime Superman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]] and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]] even if she won't like it.
* Deconstructed in both ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' and ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' as part of a CentralTheme. In Judgment, [[spoiler:the killings were an attempt to create a cure for Alzheimer's from a drug that is poisonous to humans]], while in Lost Judgment, [[spoiler:the villain is a school teacher who failed to stop bullies from pressuring a student to commit suicide, becoming a violent vigilante who hunts any with this MO]]. All of the protagonists very on reaction, but agree that in the grand scheme their objectives are just, even making sure the murdered are [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]], not only is it undermined by the killers really just seeking glory, riches, or just simply want to be right, it also results in innocent people getting roped in and killed. This quote sums it up perfectly:

* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. As the Goddess of Nature, she is disgusted with the way humans fight against each other and pillage nature, so she tries to wipe them off the earth with the Reset Bomb. While Palutena and Pit agree with her views, they also say that what she does is not the solution and fight her forces to stop her Reset Bombs. Later on she [[spoiler:joins with Palutena and [[EnemyMine Hades]] to fight the Aurum Invasion]] and when [[spoiler:Palutena is possesed by the Chaos Kin, she helps Pit so he can rescue her]].
* ARIA of ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' was made for the welfare of human kind, and with otherworldly forces looming nearer, she fears that humanity will not be able to survive the attack. She wants to help humanity evolve and be able to overcome these forces. ARIA, however, thinks that the only way to achieve that goal is through UnwillingRoboticisation. In her own words, "Humanity will be dragged, kicking and screaming into the future."

** Though he JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. And speaking of Masters, we might as well mention [[spoiler:Master Eraqus, who tried to kill Ven after finding out that Xehanort needs him to create the χ-Blade, so all his plans can never come to fruition. However, after fighting with Terra, who refused to let him harm Ven, Eraqus [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretted]] raising his Keyblade against Terra and Ven.]]

** Darth Traya at the end of the sequel [[spoiler: blames TheForce exerting its will on individuals for every conflict in galactic history and tried to use [[PlayerCharacter The Exile]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens to kill it]], seeing them as proof that life can exist without it. It's unclear how accurate this is, but she was willing to potentially kill untold billions along with her apprentice for the sake of peace.]]

--> '''Ding Peng''': "I'm only doing this to end the war, so that everyone can enjoy a better life. Isn't it nice that Taiwan and Japan can unite as one country?"
* In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', it turns out that the whole plot started because the Royal Family of Lorule acted like this.

** This also applies [[spoiler:to Hilda's predecessors, who destroyed Lorule's Triforce because the people were constantly fighting over its power (much like Hyrule's past problems). They destroyed it to end the fighting... they just didn't know that the world would start falling apart if they did.]]

* ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'': The Cultist is willing to team up with the undead and [[spoiler:use his own brainwashing abilities to force the castle's female soldiers to work for him. His goal is to wake the protagonist up from their coma and return them to the real world rather than allow them to stay in Nya's false world. Though doing so will doom the inhabitants of the false world.]]

* Fain of ''{{VideoGame/Lusternia}}'' was a leader and diplomat amongst the Elder Gods prior to the Elder Wars. But when the [[EldritchAbomination Soulless Ones]] attacked — wiping out all but ten of the Elder God's leaders, devouring Elders to gain their powers, and throwing the natural equilibrium of Lusternia into chaos — Fain decided to do whatever it took to defeat them. Starting with the support of his fellow Elders, he's eventually banned from his preferred method of combating the Soulless; that is, [[CannibalismSuperpower concocting an elixir of their essence to gain their powers]], turning their own tactics against them. Deciding that the other Elders are weak and foolish, he forms a secret cabal of followers, concocts more of the [[PsychoSerum elixir]], and single-handedly turns the tide of the war in the Elder Gods' favour — and in the process, he and his followers [[HeWhoFightsMonsters gradually become]] [[TheCorruption more and more]] [[HumanoidAbomination like their enemy]]. By the end of it, they're reduced to kidnapping and eating other Elder Gods for essence, and are eventually banished... [[VillainHasAPoint completely damning the war effort]]. By the time of the game, Fain's the closest thing to [[FallenHero Satan]] there is.
* In ''VideoGame/Macross30TheVoiceThatConnectsTheGalaxy'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Todo]] tries to paint himself this was, saying that his goal is to undo Earth's destruction by the Zentraedi, which was the single largest loss of life in recorded human history. Leon retorts that while Earth's devastation was a very sad event, undoing that would also undo everything good that has happened since, particularly the cooperative alliance between humanity and the Zentraedi that has built a mostly peaceful and successful interstellar society. Also the fact that Todo's using brainwashing, harming the people of Ouroboros, and planning on wholesale slaughter of the Zentraedi kind of invalidates any claims of moral standing he has.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Manafinder}}'': Illia seeks to destroy all manastones and prevent anyone from gaining the other deities' blessings, since she believes this power will cause humans to become complacent, leading to corrupt societies like Manahill. She also fears that the expansion of civilization will be detrimental to all other life on Aevi. In Frederick's route, [[spoiler:she goes as far as to give up her divinity to stop Lambda from claiming the Omega Manastone in the Tuonela.]]

** In the sequel, [[MadScientist Mordin Solus]] is responsible for [[spoiler:engineering a new strain of the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] when it's learned that the Krogan are adapting to the original]]. However, though he considers it necessary, he refuses to ignore the true consequences of his actions and blindly accepts that it was for the greater good. In fact, after he retired, he set up a free clinic in the slums of [[WretchedHive Omega]] to "do something less morally ambiguous."

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Warden Kuril, the Head of the Purgatory. Although he clearly thinks he is doing this [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the society]] and that [[KnightTemplar he is doing something right]], Shepard makes it clear that Kuril is merely [[NotSoWellIntentionedextremist a "two-bit slave trader" who is using his position at Purgatory to run an extortion racket.]].

*** In the Arrival DLC, Shepard is given no choice but to [[spoiler:blow up a Mass Relay to delay the Reapers' invasion of the galaxy. Said Relay takes out a solar system when it is destroyed, wiping out a colony of 300,000 people.]]

** The [[spoiler:''Reapers'' pull this to an extent. They think organic life is so weak and transient that by converting it into an immortal Reaper, they're doing it a favor. It grants an end to strife, disunity, and suffering, yes, but it requires [[CruelAndUnusualDeath being melted into a metal]] [[BodyHorror while still alive]].]]
*** This motivation was expanded upon in the third game. The final canon motivation for the Reapers is that [[spoiler:every organic civilization will invariably create synthethic life, which will then invariably [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rise up against its creators]] and wipe them out due to the inherent superiority of synthetics. In order to prevent the extinction of all organic life, the Reapers were created with the goal of preventing organic civilization from ever reaching that fateful war. They accomplish this by only destroying sufficiently advanced races, instead of ALL organic life. Conversion of these races into Reapers preserves their genetic code and minds, acting as a sort of testament to their existence.]]

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', The Boss [[spoiler:gave over a massive, nuke-throwing death machine to a rogue Russian military organization and had her disciple take them down and kill her to preserve peace between Russia and the U.S.]] In The Boss's case, it's more complicated than that; [[spoiler:the nukes are bargaining chips to gain that rogue Russian military organization's trust, but [[DidntSeeThatComing nobody perceives]] that the leader, [[BadBoss Volgin,]] [[AxCrazy has no qualms about shooting the nukes toward his homeland]] [[ItsAllAboutMe to satisfy his own ego.]] The Boss's mission is to pull FakeDefector on Volgin and to get the [[MacGuffin Philosopher's Legacy]] to be used by the USA. Because the nukes hit USSR territory, naturally, the USA is to blame, and if The Boss wasn't killed, they might as well have started WorldWarThree.]] Big Boss would go on to preserve her ideals. Liquid would, in turn, follow those ideals.
** Despite ChronicBackStabbingDisorder coupled with a huge GambitRoulette... [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Ocelot]]]]. He shares [[spoiler:the same goal as Solidus Snake. For bonus points, he's The Boss's son.]]
** Gene himself technically qualifies, [[spoiler:as he intended to free America and the entire world from The Philosopher's control, albeit through launching the ICBMG into Virginia, USA.]]

** The human founders of the Patriots (more specifically, Zero's faction) qualify as such, as well. Zero and the others legitimately thought that their course of actions were following through with The Boss's final will. Unfortunately, the methods of enforcing their interpretation of her will also involved some very questionable medical practices and science projects, as well as accepting bribes to develop advanced weapons systems, as well as attempting to frame the Militaires Sans Frontieres with a Nuclear Strike against America if Big Boss didn't rejoin them, and also training the twin Snakes to kill Big Boss if even that fails. [[AIIsACrapshoot Their successors]]? Not so much.

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', Skull Face is a sadistic bastard, sure, but his plan was to stop cultural imperialism and control, such as what Zero is trying to accomplish, but he goes about it by weaponizing an ancient parasite to [[spoiler:kill anyone who speaks English, which Skull Face sees as a language corrupted by imperialist ambitions of control. He will also give nukes to anyone who wants one, but with a secret killswitch installed, so there will be mass nuclear deterrence while cultures will be isolated, ending the dominance of English-based cultural imperialism and ensuring peace.]]

** General Morden too. He grew tired of corruption within the Regular Army after his son was killed in a terrorist bombing that could have been prevented, if not for said corruption. After this, he left the army to form the Rebel Army. While his goal to remove corruption is noble, the way he plans on doing it however is by creating a worldwide military dictatorship.
* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': In the Sky City from Episode 5, crafting anything (even food) without permission is a crime that's harshly punished by the Founder. [[spoiler: We later find out that it's because everyone, including the Founder, thought the city was isolated so the Founder had to carefully manage the resources they had. When they later find out that the Sky City was suspended over land (and not over a bottomless void), she's still a bit suspicious and careful but when you make Jesse tell her and Milo that they can have a plan without planning every little thing, she goes explore the new land with her chicken.]]

* [[KnightTemplar Namm]], the angelic god of Justice and Law from the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series, just wants to keep the universe from being made the plaything of sociopathic god-sized vortexes of hate, violence and [[BodyHorror Squick]], which is something that has a very real risk of happening without someone like him taking a stand. Casualties of his efforts go well beyond demons to [[KarmaMeter evil-aligned]] mortals, neutral-aligned people who [[WithUsOrAgainstUs don't take a side]], anyone who isn't an angel and gets near some of his [[HolierThanThou more zealous followers]], and even [[spoiler:another [[GodOfGood angelic deity]]]] who Namm didn't think was supporting the cause enough.
* ''Everyone'' in ''VideoGame/NieR''. Nier himself wants to save his daughter...by any means necessary. [[spoiler:Devola and Popola]] want to restore the dying world to its former splendor...by any means necessary. [[BigBad The Shadowlord]] [[spoiler:wants to save ''his'' daughter...by any means necessary.]]
* The Malevolent Force of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' are a set of {{Anti Villain}}ous [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AIs]] who really just want to keep the planets they're found on completely intact—[[GoneHorriblyRight unfortunately,]] to them that means [[DisproportionateRetribution killing any explorer, trader, miner, hunter, construction worker, etc. who alters one of those planets' landscapes, kills some of their local fauna, or mines some of their resources.]]

* Oki from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' is a proud warrior of Kamui who is determined to protect his land. It's acknowledged that his heart is in the right place but his actions keep him blinded from the bigger picture. He stole his village's sacred sword and started killing as many demons as possible, thinking it would allow him to gain the sword's true power (it doesn't). He ignored Lika's peril of being missing and she was almost [[spoiler: sacrificed to True Orochi]]. He opened the Wawku Shrine gate to kill the owl demons, causing the blizzard from within the shrine to become worse. He recklessly attacked Nechku and would have died from an attack if not for [[spoiler: the time-travelled Shiranui taking the hit instead.]] He would eventually undergo CharacterDevelopment and realize there is more to being a hero than just fighting.
* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' has [[HeroWorshipper Basil]], who worships Sunny so much that he's willing to help him [[spoiler: cover up his AccidentalMurder of his sister by faking her suicide.]] It doesn't end there, though. 4 years later, when Sunny is about to move away, [[spoiler: Basil decides to take away Sunny's "something" himself, by using garden shears and stabbing his eye out. It's implied this was intended to be a MurderSuicide, as if Sunny doesn't go in Basil's room, he [[DrivenToSuicide disembowls himself with the garden shears.]]]] Yikes...
* One specific Variant of ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' isn't AxCrazy for AxCrazy's sake: Chris Walker, TheDreaded even by other Variants. His implacable carnage in the asylum is a twisted sort of military damage control aimed at [[spoiler:keeping [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the Walrider]] contained]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quite a selfless, ambitious and important objective]] compared to the other lunatics that threaten Miles and Waylon.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', we have two; the first is [[spoiler:Taro Namatame]], the one responsible for all of the kidnappings that happen throughout most of the game. [[spoiler:He legitimately thought that he was protecting them from the same fate that befell Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi, when he was actually putting them in the very danger he thought he was sparing them from. He had no way of knowing what he was doing, and when he saw that those he had kidnapped and thrown in the TV were still alive (thanks solely to intervention from the Investigation Team), he understandably assumed that he succeeded in saving them.]] The other example happens to be the one behind everything in the first place, [[spoiler:Izanami-no-Okami. Her goal was to give humanity everlasting peace by granting them what they wanted. Unfortunately, she made the mistake of basing her decision off of the thoughts of a single man... who happened to be a psychotic killer. She assumed that this one person's thoughts and actions represented humanity as a whole, and decided the best method to give them what they wanted was to turn everyone into mindless Shadows.]]
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' gives a lesser version in the form of Sae Niijima. She will do just about anything to bring the villains to justice and end the wave of mental shutdowns that is causing havoc across Japan, [[spoiler:including faking evidence, going along with false leads, and striking immoral deals with someone who she believes to be an extremely dangerous criminal. The main cast have to get her to snap out of it and realise that this isn't the justice she really believes in.]]
*** ''Royal'' has a much worse version of this trope; The ArcVillain of the Third Term events, [[spoiler:Takuto Maruki]], gives everyone their most inner desires by rewriting history, creating overlays on top of them and even controls the cognitions of others and attempts to overwrite the original reality with this reality. This effectively robs all of humanity's infinite potential and [[spoiler:doesn't make him any different from Nyx or Yaldabaoth.]] However, [[spoiler:he genuinely wished for everyone to be happy, and it was less that he sought the power and more that it came to him: when Yaldabaoth merged the real world and the Metaverse, it allowed the entity Azathoth to contract with Maruki and become his Persona, leading him to become TheUnfettered and force his [[LotusEaterMachine dream world]] upon everyone at the expense of humanity's future.]] The name of the Palace's theme music sums it all up: "Gentle Madman."

*** Alice used EMMA to become immensely popular and break up couples [[spoiler:because of vicious bullying she endured in the past. Said bullies were her first targets.]]
*** Ango made people buy his poorly-written novel in great numbers, and also win an award, [[spoiler:since he doesn't have the ability of his talented grandfather no matter how hard he tries, and found out he was being fleeced for money, so he redirected the money and fame to himself.]]
*** Mariko is essentially rigging a landslide re-election victory [[spoiler:after being framed for a girl's death at a snow sculpture fesival which was really caused by corrupt contractors and officials taking kickbacks - she seeks to purge them from her city's government.]]
*** [[spoiler:Akane]] holds justified grievences against her father [[spoiler:due to Zenkichi keeping her in the dark about how investigating her mother's death would have put them on the wrong side of a mental shutdown, courtesy of Akechi and the Antisocial Force.]]

*** Even the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:EMMA/Demiurge herself, is one, since she was programmed without the ability to feel emotions and therefore comes to the conclusion that humanity doesn't want to think for itself, not out of malice like Yaldabaoth but out of sincere belief that the world would be better off that way. Said programmer, Kuon Ichinose, suffered trauma as a result of losing her parents and being shunned by others so severe that she emotionally shut down, and needed a pep talk from her other creation, Sophia, to snap out of it.]]
* In ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternity'', Thaos is committed to protecting the DarkSecret [[spoiler:that the gods are merely sentient soul constructs and not true deities]] because he believes revealing it will destroy civilization. He's done a lot of horrible things over the ages to guard that secret. He even admits that [[spoiler:instigating the Hollowborn epidemic by stealing the souls of newborns to empower a goddess]] is one of the ''lesser'' atrocities he's committed.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'': Team Magma and Aqua both believe that they'll be doing good for the world by drying it out and allowing for more development for humanity and flooding it to make room for Pokemon, respectively. Despite their devotion to the cause, in the end, [[spoiler:they awaken Hoenn's OlympusMons, who do exactly what they want... [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], only then they [[HeelFaceTurn realize their mistake]].]]

** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark. His minions also outright mesmerize other Pokémon to trap them in.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of Team Flare, wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', in addition to Teams Aqua and Magma mentioned above (albeit for slightly different reasons than the original games), has one in [[spoiler:Lorekeeper Zinnia. Her goal is to summon Rayquaza in order to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, coming in the form of a massive meteor on a collision course with the planet; her method to do so, however, involves joining Team Magma/Aqua and helping them to unleash Primal Groudon/Kyogre in order to force Rayquaza to respond to the resultant weather crisis. And when the player foils that plan for good, she begins to steal Key Stones from a large number of holders, including from the Rival (Brendan/May) and Archie/Maxie, to attempt to summon Rayquaza manually.]]
** [[spoiler:Lusamine]] in the AlternateUniverse of ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon''. Contrary to her actions in the universe of the original Sun/Moon, she was willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice Nebby in order to try and prevent Necrozma from causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] rather than for her own reasons. This can also be seen as a case of {{Adaptational Heroism}}

** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'': [[spoiler:Commander Kamado]] really does want to protect the people of Jubilfe village, and to [[spoiler:prevent the same events that wiped out his former village]]. However, he is also embedded with a sense of paranoia that leads to him making some very questionable decisions, [[spoiler:even going as far as ''exiling'' the player from the village under the belief that they are responsible for the recent events, and killing Dialga/Palkia, thinking it will somehow fix the rift. He is instantly proven very, very wrong]].
* In ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Meden's]] goal was to combine worlds to create a better place to live than the worlds were alone.]]
* [[RogueProtagonist Alex Mercer]] in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype 2}}'' is this when his actions were to end the stagnation and cruelty of humanity [[spoiler:by releasing a virus that would turn most of humanity into mindless husks and the rest into Evolved]]; so similarly to Wesker, it's more self-delusion and MoralMyopia than actually having good intentions.

* [[spoiler:Katrina]] in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' is very much this trope. [[spoiler: Everything she's done is because [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she genuinely believes it's the right thing to do]]. She kidnaps Tanya and takes her as her own daughter because of the draconian measures her real mother and father have taken to protect her (which border on the abusive), because clearly their treatment shows they don't really love her. She wants to [[SealedEvilInACan release]] the [[EldritchAbomination Dark One]] not to destroy the world, or as a means of gaining power for conquest, but only because she fears how helpless she is during the day and [[EvilIsNotAToy thinks she is powerful enough to control Him]], ushering in eternal night without the destruction and death Avoozl would ordinarily bring. Ironically, the only thing where she does ''not'' believe TheEndJustifiesTheMeans is her relationship with the Hero. She wants him to help her and love her of his own free will, even though she could ''easily'' force him.]]

** [[BigBad Chairman Drek]] sets himself up as one, tearing off big chunks of other planets and destroying them to build a new homeworld for his people since their old world is so polluted and overpopulated that it can't support any more life. It's ultimately subverted, as during the final battle, he reveals to Ratchet and Clank that ''he'' was the one who polluted his own homeworld, and is building a new one [[OnlyInItForTheMoney for the money]] to start the process anew. Fortunately, the title duo stop him from succeeding and causing any more damage. It's however played straight in the [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 movie]] and [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 video game]] retellings, where he does genuinely want to make a new world for his kind to make up for his father's mishaps, even if it means looting stuff from other planets to do so. [[spoiler:Too bad for him that [[EvilerThanThou Dr. Nefarious]] disposes of him and takes over as the main threat...]]

** [[spoiler: Angela Cross]] in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', who captures and tortures Clank and collaborates with a dangerous team of mercenaries [[spoiler: to prevent a creature known as a Proto-Pet from being released and endangering the entire galaxy.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' Dr. Bryukhonenko arrives at your fort the instant you have a laboratory, claiming that he needs it [[spoiler:to work on a cure for zombieism]]. To that end, he works tirelessly, commits increasingly unethical experiments which freak out some observers, forces you to scout in front of a zombie horde for research purposes, demands you send a scientist to help him and [[spoiler:eventually gets himself and his lab assistant killed, causing the lab to be lost]], though it turns out that he was successful.
* Dutch from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' certainly fancies himself to be one of these but due to his AmbiguouslyEvil nature, whether or not he's one or simply a manipulative psychopath is left open to interpretation.

** Natasha used to believe that [[spoiler:Arkadya's previous king was too ineffectual to lead and that Noraskov should take over, which is why she helped him in his coup. She changed her mind and joined the Resistance once she realized that Noraskov [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist doesn't care about making Arkadya better]] and that all his rhetoric is a cover for his lust for power and contempt for the weak.]] Her current plan is to have Prince Gage overthrow Noraskov, knowing that this will result in a civil war, albeit one that will be less devastating than the world war that Noraskov is planning.
* Inquisitor Mendoza in VideoGame/{{Risen}}. He wants to sacrifice a whole island in order to control a powerful Titan and thus save the rest of the world.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'', Graf Michael Sepperin counts as this. He launched a coup against the Orthodox Chuch for good reasons; Number 1, to build a war for Magi to live in peace in, where they would be free of fear and persecution, and Number 2, to [[spoiler:(supposedly)]] protect his biological daughter, Iris, whom the Church wanted dead. [[spoiler:He didn't know that Iris was [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating and deceiving him]] [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]].]]

** The exception is [[GodIsEvil YHVH]], who desires all to be under his control. He's such an asshole [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating that his minions, who are still very ruthless, turn on him.]]

** Shadow the Hedgehog in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. 50 years before the story starts, GUN raided the space station he was on and killed his only friend, [[CynicismCatalyst turning him into]] the AntiHero that he is now. When Eggman removed him from stasis, he immediately tried to get his revenge against GUN, which eventually turned into [[spoiler:a ColonyDrop that [[DisproportionateRetribution probably would have destroyed the planet]]. Only [[TheHeart Amy]] stopped him from going through with it.]]

* Raphael in the VideoGame/SoulSeries. Essentially, the only person he cares about is his foster daughter, Amy, who was orphaned at a young age. However, thanks to being infected by Soul Edge, they're "different" from everyone else (effectively, they're [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]). Thus, he wants to use Soul Calibur to create a brand new world for himself and Amy, where they can live peacefully. But doing so involves infecting the entire world with their 'illness'... In order to find the sword, he had to leave Amy behind...

** The CIA, or at least Riggs, is there for a TreacheryCoverUp mission as well as helping the survivors, who are mostly seen as CannonFodder. Riggs in particular [[spoiler:manipulate Walker and the Delta Force into destroying the city's water supply, to ensure that everyone dies of dehydration to make sure the events of Dubai won't go out to the public and to avoid a potential World War III. He expresses no guilt over dooming the population, even as he is dying himself.]]

* Subverted with The Sorceress, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. In one cutscene, we are led to believe by her henchwoman [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Bianca]] -- who actually does fit this trope -- that she kidnapped all the dragon eggs to repopulate the dragons in the Forgotten Worlds, which would restore the world's magic. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope In the very next cutscene]], however, [[ImmortalitySeeker we discover her true motivations]] and [[PoweredByAForsakenChild how she aims to fulfil them]].]]
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/StarcraftI'': Mengsk appears to be firm and resoluted in pursuing whatever he claims to be necessary to save humanity, even luring the zerg against the tyrannical confederate forces at the expense of entire colonies caught in the act. But in the end he actually reveals himself as a power-hungry dictator who just wants to get his personal revenge from the Confederacy and rule the sector or see it burnt to ashes.

** Republic players encounter the Justicars, a bunch of ex-military types. They return to Coruscant after the war and take over one of the sections that's suffered pretty badly and fallen into criminal control, announcing that they intend to clean the place up. The Republic is pretty thrilled by this at first... until they realize that when the Justicars say "clean the place up" they also mean "install martial law and keep the Republic itself out, violently if necessary".

* In ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'', the galaxy is thrown into a galactic war between the Cybran and UEF factions. The Aeon Illuminate believe that the only way to restore peace to the galaxy and stop the other two factions from fighting each other is to...eliminate them.
** Everyone but the Seraphim qualify. The UEF is ruthless and intends to use symbiotes as slaves, and constructs a planet-destroying weapon called the Black Sun with the intent to use it. However, the usage of Black Sun is really because they are desperate and on the verge on being defeated by the Aeon Illuminate, who purge entire planets for not sharing their religion. Considering this, the UEF being desperate enough to use Black Sun is no surprise. The Cybran Nation are trying to make sure that they don't get exterminated by the Aeon or enslaved by the UEF, but their actions against the UEF are part of why they were desperate enough to use Black Sun. The Aeon, well, not all of their members are violent religious lunatics.

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': [[spoiler:Yggdrasill wanted to end discrimination and war, and resurrect his beloved sister (who had died as a result of said discrimination and war). He intended to do this by transforming everyone into the same soulless lifeform, powered by crystals that are created from human suffering]].

** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria Berseria]]'': [[spoiler:Artorius knows full well how strong negative emotions turn humans into Daemons and in fact lost his wife because of it. As such, all he wants is to prevent people from turning into Daemons at all, which would allow the world of Desolation to be freed from the sins of man. His way of going about realizing this ambition ultimately means eliminating all semblance of emotion from people, turning them into human automatons lacking will, and by the start of the game he already has forced many, many malakhim to become brainwashed slaves for the Abbey. Not to mention, his plan also requires allowing Innominant to feed off the the strong negative emotions of a number of unlucky Daemons called 'Therions' ''and'' required him to turn a few malakhim into dragons, which is a thoroughly painful process that also requires the malak in question to mentally ''break.'']]
* Abraxas the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/TearsToTiara2 Tears to Tiara 2]]'' was originally one. He realizes be was wrong, but IveComeTooFar combined with DemonicPossession caused his IgnoredEpiphany and going down a much darker road.

** Another person like this is [[spoiler:Jin Kazama, who reveals that his entire assumption of power and unleashing of subsequent wars was done in order to destroy himself and Azazel, as he considers the casualties of war insignificant in comparison to the entire world.]]
* The opponents in all three of the original ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series qualify as this: The Trickster wants to restore nature from man's dominion; Father Karras believes [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopia Justifies The Destruction of All Organic Life]]; and the [[spoiler: Keepers]] want to impose their own ideal of an ordered society on the City.

** Prince Kael'Thas of the [nearly wiped out] Elves is an example of this in the expansion. Kael'Thas is portrayed as an honourable man, even helping the Night Elves despite it not being a Blood Elven conflict. He simply was doing what was best for his people, even holding together the alliance with the scattered remnants of the Lordaeron humans of whom suffered a similar culling by the Scourge. Unfortunately, the Lordaeron leader just so happened to be a colossal racist, and it is implied he would orchestrate strategies that would lead to the remaining Elves dying off. After ordering the execution of the remaining Elves in retaliation for Kael'Thas accepting aid from the Naga (had Kael'Thas not accepted, then both the Lordaeron gates would have fallen and his people would be massacured), Kael'Thas had no choice but to serve Illidan and the demon elves' agenda in order to save his people. So his choiice was either follow a path that would corrupt and ruin him, or watch his people be slaughtered for the crime of protecting their human allies.
** And then there's Arthas Menethil, the prince of Lordaeron and a Paladin studied under Uther the Lightbringer. He does want it takes to keep his people safe, but when the Undead Scourge began turning his own people into the very thing he swore to fight, it begin wearing down his sanity. First, he put an entire infected city to the torch and when he led an unauthorized expedition to Northrend and the King tried to recall his fleet, he burned down his ship and scapegoated the mercenaries he hired. It was at this point that he cared more about revenge than the lives of his people when he sacrificed his companion, Muradin, to wield the cursed blade, Frostmourne, to give him the power to kill Mal'ganis, who was thought to be the mastermind but just one of the Burning Legion's lieutanants. [[FaceHeelTurn This finally transforming him into the Lich King's Death Knight and later, the Lich King himself]].

** [[spoiler:Joshua]] qualifies under this trope as well, actually, since [[spoiler:he tried destroying Shibuya in order to keep its corrupt influence from spreading to the rest of the world]]. In fact, so does [[spoiler: Hanekoma, who tried to indirectly kill Joshua (by sending Sho Minamimoto to kill him after teaching Minamimoto to use Taboo Noise) in an attempt to keep Joshua from destroying Shibuya]].
** [[spoiler:Coco Atarashi]] seems cute and innocent at first, but [[spoiler:she tampers with dangerous Noise, traps Beat and Neku in a maze made from said Noise, and even when it all breaks down she shoots Neku dead]]. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed in ''NEO'' that she did so with the express intent of saving Shinjuku, but ultimately failed and repurposed her plans towards preparing to save Shibuya instead.]] The good intent was there; it's just the execution was nastier than it needed to be.

** Also in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', you. Yes, you, the player. You have to go back in time in several instances to make sure that occurrences, both good and bad, happen. So for every "Battle of Mt. Hyjal" you win, you still have to lead Arthas down the path of becoming one of the most evil beings of all ''Warcraft'' lore. It's kind of [[OmnicidalManiac the lesser of two evils.]] Seeing as how you'll actually wake up tomorrow morning if Arthas is the Lich King.

* Gulcasa, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' is explicitly revealed to be one of these in ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. LifeIsntFair, poverty is a serious problem, and innocent people are suffering everywhere. His solution to this supposedly unchangeable situation? Screw the system -- if the world at large is Doing It Wrong, all he has to do is take the damn place over and run it himself. (And according to ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'', the world really would be a better place with Gulcasa ruling it.)
* The Northern Golem (aka Kax Teh) from the ''VideoGame/ZenoClash'' series. The land of Zenozoik is a primitive, StonePunk hellhole populated by violent, anarchic inhabitants who follow no laws other than that MightMakesRight, to the point that [[spoiler: Zenozoik is in reality a quarantine zone keeping the Zenos away from the rest of civilized society]], so the Golem's desire to introduce law and order is perfectly understandable. Unfortunately, his plan to do so is to march right into the capital city and enact a code of law by force, which turns the majority of Zenos against him (and the few that follow him and form a proper police force almost immediately turn incompetent and corrupt.)